Staff profile

Dr Torab S. A Torabi

Senior Lecturer, IBL and Industry-based Project Coordinator

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Beth Gleeson Building room 216, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

MSc SUNY., PhD La Trobe,

Membership of professional associations

IEEE, ACM, IEE

Area of study

Computer Science

Brief profile

Dr. Torab Torabi is Senior Lecturer at Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering. He is the head of Software Engineering Interest Group, and with Dr Seng Loke organising the Pervasive Computing Interest Group in La Trobe University. He has (co)authored more than forty journal and conference papers in Software Engineering and Mobile Computing. His research interests include Software Engineering, CASE Tools, Process Modelling, Software Quality, XML and metadata, Location Based Services, Context-Aware Mobile Services, Integration of Mobile Services, Model Driven Specification, Component-Based Simulation. Dr. Torabi serves in editorial board of number of journals, and he has served in program committee and organisation of number of conferences and workshops in his research expertise. Dr Torabi has been involved in number of research projects including a project with Airservices Australia. He has supervised number of PhD, honours, and Master students. He has also supervised and coordinated more than fifty major research and industry projects. He has worked for more than seven years in industry, including working for General Electric Company. His teaching experience includes Software Engineering and many other disciplines in Computer Science and Information Technology. In 2007, Dr Torabi received both Vice Chancellor's and Dean’s Awards for Teaching Excellence.

Research specialisation

- Engineering education

- Pervasive computing and networking

- Software engineering

Teaching units

Industry Project ( CSE3PRA/B, CSE3GPA/B, CSE3ISA/B, CSE4PRA/B)

System Design Methodologies (CSE3SDM)

Industry-Based Learning (CSE3IBA, CSE3IBB, CSE4IBA, CSE4IBB)

Consulting

Project Management, Software Quality, Mobile Computing

Recent publications

  1. Do, N., Rahayu, W., and Torabi, T. (2011), "Conflict Detection Method in Adopting Global XML Standard for Database Systems." The 5th 2011 International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC 2011), Seoul, Korea, vol. ICUIMC 2011, Article 60, pp. 1-10.
  2. Nguyen, A.-T., Loke, S.W., Torabi, T., and Lu, H. (2011), "PlaceComm: a Framework for context-aware applications in place-based virtual communities." Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 3 (2011), pp. 51-64.
  3.  Vo, C.C., Chilamkurti, N., Loke, S.W., and Torabi, T. (2011), "RADIO-MAMA: an RFID Based Business Process Framework for Asset Management."Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 34 / 3, pp. 990-997. [ERA rank A]
  4. Ng, W., Nicholas, H., Loke, S.W., and Torabi, T. Designing Effective Pedagogical Systems for Teaching and Learning with Mobile and Ubiquitous Devices, in Multiplatform E-Learning Systems and Technologies: Mobile Devices for Ubiquitous ICT-Based Education.
  5. Vo, C.C. Torabi,  T., and Loke, S.W. (2010) “Task-Oriented Systems for Interaction with Ubiquitous Computing Environments”, Accepted for the 2nd PerAda Workshop on User-Centric Pervasive Adaptive Systems (UCPA 2010) at Mobiquitous 2010, Sydney, Australia.
  6. Rusu, L.I.,Rahayu, W.,Torabi, T.,Puersch, F.,Taylor Harris, A.,Reed, K., (2010) “Integrating global aviation data with temporal and spatial weather information”, Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2010), Canberra, Australia.
  7. 10. Nguyen, T., Loke, S.W., Torabi, T. and Lu, H. (2010) “Making Places Legible: Ontology Support for Context-Aware Applications in Place-Based Virtual Communities”, International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2010).
  8. Nguyen, T., Loke, S.W., Torabi, T., and Lu, H. (2010) “Semantic-PlaceBrowser: Understanding Place for Place-Scale Context-Aware Computing”, Presented at the Workshop on "Ubicomp in the Large: Collaborative Sensing and Collective Phenomena" at Pervasive 2010.
  9. Vo, C.C., Torabi, T., and Loke, S.W. (2010) “Towards a Task-Oriented Framework for Smart Spaces”, Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ambient Intelligence, co-located with the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2010.